Pompous is getting at one of my issues with the various rating systems. These services throw out their numbers - 3*, 4*, .860 - whatever - but I still wonder about the methodology used to arrive at those numbers. What criteria do they use? Who assigns the ratings? Are they based off film study, in-person evaluation, interviews with coaches? Maybe if you pay for their service, they explain it more. I assume there's a method behind the numbers, but without knowing that method, as far as I know, they could be throwing darts at a wall, or rolling out bingo balls to get their numbers.
I know I'm in the minority on this, but without some kind of frame of reference, it makes me skeptical about the validity of those numbers. It's like a public-opinion poll - unless you know the methodology of the poll, it's hard to tell if the results are meaningful or skewed.
